A Georgia Republican who has said that Muslims do not belong in government and expressed her belief in the baseless conspiracy theory called QAnon has won her primary runoff and is all but certain to win a seat in the House of Representatives in November. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a construction executive, won 57% of the vote in Georgia's heavily-Republican 14th District, handily defeating neurosurgeon John Cowan, who had pitched himself as, "All of the conservative, none of the embarrassment." President Trump congratulated Greene on Wednesday morning, calling her a "future Republican Star" who ..read more

Last month, we asked our audience : What are some of the inventive ways that people are addressing COVID-19 challenges in their community? Dozens of NPR readers wrote in with nominees. Many are people who have found ways to put their special skills and talents to good use. A former toy maker, laid off from his job, is putting on puppet shows in his living room window for passersby. An artist set up a socially distant art gallery in her backyard. Two siblings are helping local businesses provide low-cost meals to immigrant families in need. Here are six profiles of volunteers who are making a d ..read more

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This post will be updated today, Wednesday, August 12, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida. WLRN staff continues to add to community resource lists, including this article on where kids and families can get food while schools are closed, and this post about whether and where to get tested for coronavirus. The dedicated website for the Florida Department of Health, including information about symptoms and numbers of cases, can be found here . The dedicated website from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can be found here . To receive WL ..read more

To the accompaniment of jangly guitars, a woman wearing glasses, short hair and a red overcoat shows off the landmarks of the North Korean capital Pyongyang. "Every building in Pyongyang is going through general cleaning to shake off winter dust," she says in English in a recent YouTube video. In another video , the same woman, named Un A, is wearing a tracksuit and sneakers as she jogs along the capital's Taedong River on her day off. "Today I'm going to show you what Korean people do in their free time, OK?" she says. "I would say the most popular way of spending time for us is doing sports ..read more

Netflix is rolling out a new feature that will let some viewers change the playback speeds of movies and TV shows. It might seem targeted toward people who want to binge as much TV as quickly as possible. But being able to play shows slower (at half speed or .75 speed) or faster (at 1.25 or 1.5 speed) is also a boon for blind and deaf viewers. For people who are blind or have low vision, the reason why involves a feature called audio description. "Basically, when there is no dialogue between the actors, a narrator comes on and describes what's happening in the scene and what's happening in the ..read more

Ijamyn Gray had never voted before in his 40 years. And he admits that when he went to prison in his 20s, he didn’t care much for voting. All that changed after he got out of prison and started to piece his life back together. But all of that reform meant little if he could still not cast a ballot. “This is a historic moment for myself,” he said on Tuesday, the day he cast the first vote of his life ..read more

Monday 8pm MISS FISHER'S MURDER MYSTERIES - Crime/Drama - Phyrne Fisher's is a glamorous woman of the 1920's who fights crime with her pearl handles pistol and dagger sharp wit. IN THIS EPISODE: Ruddy Gore - Twenty years after an actress commits suicide, her ghost comes back to haunt the theater. That night the curtain rises on Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore and one of the players dies on stage. Phryne has taken on difficult cases before, but has never one quite like this. Alongside her inquiries at the theater, Phryne finds reasons to visit Chinatown, both to investigate the illicit opium t ..read more

Sunday 8pm FINDING YOUR ROOTS – Documentary – In each episode, celebrities view ancestral histories, sometimes learn of connections to famous/infamous people, discover secrets, and share the emotional experience with viewers ..read more

It was in the early evening of Aug. 4 when two blasts convulsed Beirut. First, onlookers saw a major fire at the Mediterranean port. Then there was an explosion, and then another, shooting seismic waves through Lebanon's capital and a huge mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 200 people died and thousands were injured. The scale of devastation — of buildings, infrastructure and people's livelihoods — is difficult to capture as residents take stock of the damage. Here is a selection of photographs showing Beirut residents in their destroyed home or workplace, along with a glimpse of their exp ..read more